Euro 2016 a fost prima ediție a Campionatului European de fotbal la care au participat 24 de echipe naționale. Numărul a fost considerat prea mare de către Joachim Löw și Mats Hummels, selecționerul, respectiv fundașul Germaniei, care au considerat că astfel a fost diluată calitatea competiției, întrucât foarte multe formații au refuzat jocul, apărându-se cu tot efectivul.
În ciuda criticilor formulate de cei doi campioni mondiali, UEFA va menține formatul cu 24 de echipe și la ediția din 2020. “La Euro 2020, decizia a fost să participe 24 de formații și toate pregătirile s-au făcut ținând cont de acest număr”, a declarat Theodore Theodoridis, secretarul general interimar al forului fotbalistic continental, citat de site-ul espnfc.co.uk.
Theodore Theodoridis a plusat, afirmând că, din punctul lui de vedere, la Euro ar putea participa chiar și mai multe echipe! “Dacă mă întrebați pe mine, eu sunt convins că în Europa există 32 de formații competitive. Dar un turneu final cu 32 de participante al omorî preliminariile, prin urmare trebuie găsit un echilibru”, a explicat oficialul UEFA.
Euro 202o se va disputa în 13 orașe (Londra, München, Roma, Baku, Sankt-Petersburg, , București, Amsterdam, Dublin, Bilbao, Budapesta, Bruxelles, Glasgow și Copenhaga) din diferite țări. Capitala României va găzdui pe Arena Națională partide din faza grupelor și din optimile de finală.
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